The NIWA Biodiversity Memoir (NBM) series comprises technical works that describe New Zealand’s invertebrate marine life—sponges, corals, hydroids, worms, molluscs, crustaceans, sea stars and lesser-known groups.
They are beautifully presented, stand-alone monographs that reveal the history and diversity of the subject groups, with new species names and revisionary work that is relevant globally.
These important publications are indispensable references for academic researchers and postgraduate students interested in marine systematics and the conservation of New Zealand’s unique aquatic biodiversity, much of which is found nowhere else in the world.
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All our NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs (NBM) are available for purchase (hard copy) or free download (PDF) below.
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| Code Sort ascending NBM096 | Authors Bergquist, P.R.; Fromont, P.J. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 4 (Poecilosclerida). | Keywords Sponge, demosponge, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 96 (PDF, 34MB, 197p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($55) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM095 | Authors Gordon, D.P. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata (Ctenostomata and Cheilostomata Anasca) from the western South Island continental shelf and slope. | Keywords bryozoan, lace coral, moss animal, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 95 (PDF, 20MB, 121p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($45) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM094 | Authors Lincoln, R.J. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Deep-sea Isopoda Asellota, family Haploniscidae. | Keywords Arthropoda, Crustacea, slater, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 94 (PDF, 9MB, 56p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM093 | Authors Carter, R.M.; Carter, L.; Williams, J.J.; Landis, C.A. | Date | Title Modern and relict sedimentation on the South Otago continental shelf, New Zealand. | Keywords geology, sedimentology, facies, stratigraphy, shorelines | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 93 (PDF, 8MB, 43p.) | Price |
| Code Sort ascending NBM092 | Authors Wear, R.G.; Fielder, D.R. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Larvae of Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda). | Keywords Arthropoda, Zoea, Megalopa, crab, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 92 (PDF, 14MB, 89p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($27) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM091 | Authors Gordon, D.P. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata from the Kermadec Ridge. | Keywords bryozoan, lace coral, moss animal, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 91 (PDF, 39MB, 198p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($55) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM090 | Authors Bradford, J.M.; Haakonssen, L.; Jillett, J.B. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic calanoid copepods: Families Euchaetidae, Phaennidae, Scolecithricidae, Diaixidae, and Tharybidae. | Keywords Zooplankton, Arthropoda, Copepoda, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 90 (PDF, 28MB, 150p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($44) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM089 | Authors Herzer, R.H. | Date | Title Late Quaternary stratigraphy and sedimentation of the Canterbury continental shelf, New Zealand. | Keywords geology, sedimentology, bathymetry, geomorphology, topography, gravel, sand, mud | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 89 (PDF, 14MB, 71p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($30) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM088 | Authors Stanton, B.R.; Pickard, G.L. | Date | Title Physical oceanography of the New Zealand fiords. | Keywords Fiordland, currents, Freshwater, temperature, salinity | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 88 (PDF, 6MB, 37p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM087 | Authors Bergquist, P.R.; Warne, K.P. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 3. (Haplosclerida and Nepheliospongida). | Keywords Sponge, demosponge, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 87 (PDF, 11MB, 77p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM086 | Authors Bradford, J.M.; Jillett, J.B. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic calanoid copepods: Family Aetidiidae. | Keywords Zooplankton, Arthropoda, Copepoda, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 86 (PDF, 23MB, 102p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($30) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM085 | Authors Millar, R.H. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Ascidiacea. | Keywords Chordata, sea squirts, colonial, solitary, ascidian, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 85 (PDF, 21MB, 117p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($34) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM084 | Authors Lewis, K.B. | Date | Title Foraminifera on the continental shelf and slope off southern Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. | Keywords Forams, Protozoa, distribution, biofacies, systematics | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 84 (PDF, 8MB, 45p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM083 | Authors Carter, L.; Herzer, R.H. | Date | Title Hydraulic regime and its ability to transport sediment on the Canterbury continental shelf. | Keywords Circulation, currents, hydrology, meteorology, tides, Waves, swell | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 83 (PDF, 6MB, 33p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM082 | Authors Kornicker, L.S. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Benthic Ostracoda (suborder Myodocopina). | Keywords Arthropoda, Crustacea, Ostracoda, seed shrimp, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 82 (PDF, 16MB, 58p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM081 | Authors Norris, R.M. | Date | Title Late Cenozoic geology of the west coast shelf between Karamea and the Waiho River, South Island, New Zealand. | Keywords Structural geology, physiography, stratigraphy, submarine features, rocks | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 81 (PDF, 5MB, 28p.) | Price |
| Code Sort ascending NBM080 | Authors Rainer, S.F. | Date | Title Soft-bottom benthic communities in Otago Harbour and Blueskin Bay, New Zealand. | Keywords ecology, fauna, bathymetry, estuary, macrofauna | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 80 (PDF, 7MB, 38p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM079 | Authors Glasby, G.P. (Ed.) | Date | Title Fiord studies: Caswell and Nancy Sounds, New Zealand. | Keywords Fiordland, bathymetry, benthic ecology, Freshwater, marine, sedimentation, geochemistry, pollen, hydrology | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 79 (PDF, 16MB, 94p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($28) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM078 | Authors Swanson, K.M. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Ostracods of the Otago Shelf. | Keywords Arthropoda, Crustacea, Ostracoda, seed shrimp, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 78 (PDF, 16MB, 56p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM077 | Authors Pasho, D.W. | Date | Title Pasho, D.W.Distribution and morphology of Chatham Rise phosphorites. | Keywords geology, nodules, geomorphology, geochemistry, mineralogy, foraminifera | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 77 (PDF, 6MB, 28p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($25) |